The Glass Marble Stash

I pushed back inside through the door flap and trotted straight past the hallway runner to the bottom shelf of the bookcase! Tucked behind a heavy dictionary was a shallow wooden trinket tray holding three swirled glass marbles. Without a second thought, I tapped the largest cat's-eye marble with my front paw! It clattered against the polished oak and rolled straight toward the rim, but I threw my front paws wide and caught it just before it could drop. I nudged it back into the center groove so all three marbles rested in a cozy little cluster.